Daniil Medvedev opened a smooth start of a new era in his career in the Lynk & Co Hangzhou on Saturday.
Gilles Cervara, the former number 1 player in the PIF ATP rankings, sent for the first time since splitting with his eight-year-old coach and sent Nishesh Basavareddy 6-2, 6-3 on debut at the Chinese ATP 250. Medvedev, who worked with a clinical first-round-loss last month Basavareddy.
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“It was a great match for me. I am happy with the way I played, with the way I served,” Medvedev said in his interview on the entire country. “I am happy to win of course. I have not won many competitions, so I am happy to win. I really love the city, I enjoyed it here, so I am happy to stay a few more days.”
Medvedev won nine consecutive matches of 2-2 in the first set to take full control over his first Lexus ATP Head2head meeting with Basavareddy. Although he was broken for the only time in the game when he served on 5-1 in the second set, he soon wrapped a victory in which he converted four of the eight breaking points he earned, according to Infosys ATP statistics.
With his 76-minute victory, Medvedev improved to 27-18 for the 2025 season. The 29-year-old, who competes this week like De Wereld No. 18, has struggled for his best level this year. He won only one match over the four Majors, and it was his defeat against Bonzi at the US Open that the catalyst proved for his split with Cervara.
After he had launched his stint, together with Johansson and Goetzke, which he described earlier this week as ‘an interesting new project’, with a comfortable triumph against Basavareddy, Medvedev will then book a semi-final place in Hangzhou when he is confronted with favorite Yibing of Sebastian Korda.
In other early Saturday promotion, student went to the last eight with a 6-4, 6-3 victory against Giulio Zeppieri. The #nextgenatp American, which is currently third in the PIF ATP Live Race to Jeddah, then plays top seeds Andrey Rublev or qualifying Valentin Royer.
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